Flatfish

Of spiny-finned fish and Heterosomata.

Any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side.

This concept's ID is @1~14031

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  • righteye flounder 8 facts

    Flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head.

  • lefteye flounder 8 facts

    Flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head.

  • sole 6 facts

    Right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European.

  • halibut 1 facts

    Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and...

  • flounder 0 facts

    Any of various European and non-European marine flatfish.

  • tonguefish 0 facts

    Left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value.